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Strength in numbers – how monitoring breastfeeding policies and programmes creates accountability and empowers change [1]

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Date: 2024-08-06

Background

Breastfeeding is essential for child survival and health. Breast milk is a safe, natural, nutritious, and sustainable food for babies. Breast milk contains antibodies that help protect against many common childhood illnesses, such as diarrhoea and respiratory diseases. It is estimated that inadequate breastfeeding is responsible for 16% of child deaths each year. Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests and are less likely to be overweight or obese later in life. Women who breastfeed also have a reduced risk of cancer and type II diabetes.

The World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August 2024) is held in the first week of August every year and is supported by WHO, UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners. The theme for 2024 is Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All. Please join us to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, hear from mothers about their experiences, learn from experts on using monitoring to create accountability, and get new ideas from countries who have used monitoring for change.

Among the number of events during World Breastfeeding Week, on the 6th of August, WHO, UNICEF, and Global Breastfeeding Collective will be hosting the webinar: Strength in Numbers – How monitoring breastfeeding policies and programmes creates accountability and empowers change. We will host two webinars to allow participation across different time zones, with Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish interpretations. Behind every breastfeeding statistic is a mother trying to reach her breastfeeding goals. Please join us for a webinar about how monitoring policies and programs is essential to creating an environment that enables breastfeeding.

The Global Breastfeeding Collective is a partnership of more than 20 prominent international agencies, including the World Health Organization and UNICEF, calling on donors, policymakers, philanthropists and civil society to increase investment in breastfeeding worldwide.

Registration

There will be simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Russian for Africa, Europe, and the Asia Pacific time zone-friendly webinar.

Time

06:00 (UTC/GMT) (find the time in your time zone here)

07:00 Brazzaville

08:00 Geneva

09:00 Cairo

11:30 New Delhi

14:00 Manila



There will be simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish for the Americas time zone-friendly webinar.

Time: 15:00 (UTC/GMT) (find the time in your time zone here)



11:00 Washington D.C.

16:00 Brazzaville

17:00 Geneva





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